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of the gospel among them is the only remedy for 
their physical sufferings; as well as for their spiritual 
maladies ; and we have the means in abundance 
to give them a preached as well as a written 
gospel. Why, we can afford to give to benevolent 
purposes half of all we have, and be more wealthy 
then than we would be to keep all we have and 
be without the Bible ; and yet this is their sad con- 
dition. 
Do not say I am speaking at random when I 
say that the gospel will do for the heathen what it 
has done for us ; for physical, social, moral, intel- 
lectual and natural elevation are the legitimate re- 
sults of its introduction everywhere. To have 
doubts as to whether it will affect the hearts and 
consciences of any people, when it is preached 
clearly, perseveringly, and in the demonstration 
of the Spirit, is to doubt the veracity of God’s 
word. What God has promised he will most 
surely accomplish, as the history of our mission in 
Africa so abundantly shows, and to the consider- 
ation of which several chapters will next be given. 
